Key Text: 2 Kings 5:1–3, 9–14
The Teen Who Pointed the Way
She had no name—just a title: “a young girl from Israel.”
Taken captive by the Arameans, she served in the home of Naaman, a powerful general afflicted with leprosy. Though far from home, this young girl refused to let bitterness silence her faith.
When she saw Naaman’s suffering, she spoke up:
“If only my master would see the prophet who is in Samaria! He would cure him of his leprosy.” (2 Kings 5:3)
Her words set in motion one of the most extraordinary healing stories in Scripture.
Naaman, skeptical but desperate, followed her suggestion and traveled to Israel. There, the prophet Elisha didn’t even come out to meet him. Instead, a messenger told him to “go and wash seven times in the Jordan River.”
Naaman was furious. The Jordan was muddy and unimpressive. He expected a spectacle, not a simple command. Yet his servants reasoned with him: “If the prophet had told you to do something great, wouldn’t you have done it?”
So he humbled himself, walked down to the Jordan, and obeyed.
“So he went down and dipped himself in the Jordan seven times, as the man of God had told him, and his flesh was restored and became clean like that of a young boy.” (2 Kings 5:14)
A nameless girl’s faith in captivity sparked obedience, and obedience brought a miracle.
The mighty general was healed—and through him, an entire nation saw the power of Israel’s God.
